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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c22
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index eb72716017ac..22245986e59e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -341,20 +341,14 @@ out:
static int record_proc_kallsyms(void)
{
- unsigned int size;
- const char *path = "/proc/kallsyms";
- struct stat st;
- int ret, err = 0;
-
- ret = stat(path, &st);
- if (ret < 0) {
- /* not found */
- size = 0;
- if (write(output_fd, &size, 4) != 4)
- err = -EIO;
- return err;
- }
- return record_file(path, 4);
+ unsigned long long size = 0;
+ /*
+ * Just to keep older perf.data file parsers happy, record a zero
+ * sized kallsyms file, i.e. do the same thing that was done when
+ * /proc/kallsyms (or something specified via --kallsyms, in a
+ * different path) couldn't be read.
+ */
+ return write(output_fd, &size, 4) != 4 ? -EIO : 0;
}
static int record_ftrace_printk(void)